Names That Peaked In 1913

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1913 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Mary and John — reigning champions usually peak in a different year than they reign.)

Peaked in 1912 Peaked in 1914 Full 1913 top 100 The 1910s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Wilbur	27#4,039	Up 645 rank positions in five years	1918
Forrest	850#374	Up 88 rank positions in five years	1994
Wilson	405#673	Down 17 rank positions in five years	1918
Woodrow	102#1,653	Up 62 rank positions in five years	1918
Orville	14#6,343	Up 577 rank positions in five years	1920
Clarice	52#3,111	Up 913 rank positions in five years	1921
Russel	27#4,019	Down 227 rank positions in five years	1920
Clair	—Unranked	—	1923
Alphonse	53#2,516	Down 98 rank positions in five years	1918
Sydney	20#5,020	Down 1,463 rank positions in five years	1916
Maurine	5#16,434	Down 1,928 rank positions in five years	1917
Sol	184#1,151	Up 718 rank positions in five years	1918
Milford	—Unranked	—	1921
Isadore	15#5,960	Down 1,036 rank positions in five years	1916
Lorin	—Unranked	—	1965
Velva	—Unranked	—	1916
Yetta	—Unranked	—	1916
Vincenza	21#5,903	Up 162 rank positions in five years	1922
Thurston	5#13,691	Down 6,246 rank positions in five years	1918
Guido	—Unranked	—	1921
Tomasa	8#11,839	Down 2,351 rank positions in five years	1925
Cosmo	80#1,934	Up 336 rank positions in five years	2022
Malvin	—Unranked	—	1921
Gennaro	20#4,914	Down 4 rank positions in five years	1926
Margarite	—Unranked	—	1925
Lurline	—Unranked	—	1921
Nunzio	6#11,620	Down 2,313 rank positions in five years	1923
Erling	24#4,290	Up 8,330 rank positions in five years	2023
Melbourne	—Unranked	—	1922
Masako	—Unranked	—	1921
Toivo	—Unranked	—	1918

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1913 when that year holds its best-ever position in the national rankings — rank, not raw count, because raw counts track how many babies were born and would pile every “peak” into the boom years. To qualify, a name must have reached the top 1,000 at its height and have at least 500 all-time applications. Lists are ordered by that peak rank.

Ranks come from U.S. births, counted separately for girls and boys. “Unranked” today means fewer than 5 applications in the latest year — uncommon, never invalid.